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Market side: Futures trading basics
Marty Hibbs, Grain Merchandiser, Grain Farmers of Ontario CANDLESTICK CHARTING This lesson we will continue to explore basic candles. GRAVESTONE DOJI The doji is one of the most significant candlestick...
View ArticleThe consumer conversation
HOW DOES THE agriculture industry talk to consumers about food? A look through a different lens can reveal answers to this question. This topic was part of the George Morris AgriFood Policy lecture...
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Business side: Business taxes
Wayne Ryan CPA CA, Chief Executive Officer,Allied Associates LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants (J.M) CAN YOU SHARE SOME YEAR-ROUND TAX TIPS FOR FARM BUSINESSES? (W.R) The best advice I can give...
View ArticleHistory lessons to advance agriculture
THE FUTURE OF agriculture will be fueled by lessons from history. This was discussed in depth during the second annual DuPont Pioneer Plant Sciences Symposium held in Guelph. Advertised as the...
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Making investments
Barry Senft, CEO, Grain Farmers of Ontario ADVANCEMENTS IN CROP management and new seed varieties have helped farmers increase their yields in recent years. We are now growing more grain on less land...
View ArticleSplit nitrogen application on corn
SEVERAL FACTORS — INCLUDING the drive to improve yields, pressures to use less nitrogen (N) or use it more effectively, the availability of high clearance equipment — are prompting more U.S. grain...
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Cropside: Cleavers
Mike Cowbrough, Weed Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs CLEAVERS IN A field of winter wheat are a pain and I am often asked ‘what is the best way to get...
View ArticleContinuing the conversation
2017 WAS A difficult production year for farmers across Canada. Unpredictable weather was an enormous source of stress for growers; this, paired with ongoing concerns about insect, disease, and weed...
View ArticleGFO Newsletter for February 2018
NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Grain Farmers of Ontario is pleased to welcome Victoria Berry to the role of communications manager. Berry took on this role in early January. She will be leading the...
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Western bean cutworm
IN THE SPACE of five seasons, the Western bean cutworm (WBC) has spread to become a well-established threat across Ontario. The question is, how? Researchers from the University of Western Ontario...
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Paying for power
ALTHOUGH ON-FARM energy efficiency has improved in many areas, we’re also using more energy than ever before — larger operations call for more power to run more equipment. And despite farmers...
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Market side: Futures trading basics
Marty Hibbs, Grain Merchandiser, Grain Farmers of Ontario CANDLESTICK CHARTING This lesson we will continue to explore basic candles. HAMMER AND HANGING MAN If I had to guess which candles rank in...
View ArticleCompaction action
IF YOU’RE CAREFUL about keeping your fully-loaded sprayer out of wet spots and not leaving big ruts, then it’s not doing any real damage, right? Not quite. In fact, the damage and long-term effects...
View ArticleLessons from the past
FOR TONY BALKWILL, the 2016 Grain Farmers of Ontario Nuffield Scholar, the Nuffield journey is coming to a close. Balkwill used the scholarship to develop historical soil-type maps into field-scale...
View ArticleKeeping tabs
RECORD KEEPING ON the farm is not just about making life easier for your accountant come income tax season. Whether you are using precision agriculture technologies to capture data, using Excel or...
View ArticleInterseeding cover crops
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AT Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Harrow Research & Development Centre (HRDC) have been exploring several angles of how cover crops can benefit both the environment...
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Field technician training
FIELD TECHNICANS PLAY an important role in private and public research programs. Their work includes executing plans for research plots and gathering data from variety performance trials, field crop...
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Trade talk
Barry Senft, CEO, Grain Farmers of Ontario I WAS PLEASED to see great attendance at our January District Meetings this year. It showed that our farmer-members have a significant interest in our...
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Business side: A residential landlord
Brett R. Killian, Partner and Lawyerwith Brimage Law Group. (J.M) SOME FARMERS ARE RENTING VACANT HOUSES ON FARMLAND THEY OWN OR HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED, WHAT DO GRAIN FARMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING...
View ArticleBarley and oats
SIGNIFICANT PRICE MOVEMENT was seen for barley and oats in December and January, which may have some farmers considering spring cereals. Here’s a roundup of best advice on variety choices and crop...
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